HammerFall is a power and heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 1993 by Oscar Dronjak, former guitarist of Ceremonial Oath. A good number of their songs are Hot-Blooded and heroic themed anthems.

And yes, that town in World of Warcraft is named after them and the game's art director has made some of the band's album covers.

Current members:

Joacim Cans - Lead vocals

Oscar Dronjak - Rhythm guitar, backing vocals

Pontus Norgren - Lead guitar, backing vocals

Fredrik Larsson - Bass, backing vocals

Anders Johansson - Drums

Former members:

Stefan Elmgren - Lead guitar

Magnus Rosén - Bass

Patrik Räfling - Drums

Jesper Strömblad - Drums

Glenn Ljungström - Lead guitar

Mikael Stanne - Lead vocals

Niklas Sundin - Lead guitar

Johan Larsson - Bass

Discography:

Glory to the Brave (1997)

Legacy of Kings (1998)

Renegade (2000)

Crimson Thunder (2002)

Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken (2005)

Threshold (2006)

No Sacrifice, No Victory (2009)

Infected (2011)

(r)Evolution (2014)

They have also released a live album, One Crimson Night in 2003, and two compilation albums, Steel Meets Steel: Ten Years of Glory in 2007 and Masterpieces in 2008. There have also been four video albums, The First Crusade in 1999, The Templar Renegade Crusades in 2002, a video version of One Crimson Night in 2003 and Rebels with a Cause: Unruly, Unrestrained, Uninhibited in 2008.

The band gives us these examples:

Audience Participation Song: The anthemic nature of many of this band's songs leads to this occuring often, but a special mention to "Templars of Steel", which includes the lyrics "Raise your fist to the sky!" and Cans often has the audience shout the word "Revolution" in the chorus.

Drop the Hammer: Their Mascot's Weapon of Choice. In addition, all their albums except Crimson Thunder and Infected contain a song with "hammer" in the name, and then there's the band's name...they seem to have a thing about hammers.

The song titles contain numerous references to A Song of Ice and Fire - too many to be mere coincidence. For example, "Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken", part of the title of one of their albums, is also the motto of House Martell.

There is also the song titles "Take the Black", which is when somebody joins the Night's Watch, and "Dark Wings, Dark Words" which is a in-universe proverb about messages carried by ravens.

The last piece of doubt is removed with the (r)Evolution-album: The song Winter is Coming contains direct references to the books.

The song Renegade is a power-metal retelling of the setting of the TV-series of the same name.

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